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Why Scientific Results Vary
Different analytical methods have a significant impact on the results of scientific studies. This is demonstrated by a study conducted by an international research team, which includes researchers from Bielefeld University.
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‘Development of new interactive decision-making systems’
Bielefeld University has set up an independent research group to investigate explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and its influence on human trust in AI. In this interview, its head Dr David Johnson talks about its aims and methods.
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‘Understanding uncertainty as a driver of innovation’
Center for Uncertainty Studies (CeUS) establishes new research approach.
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How common are means of increasing mental performance?
In a research_tv interview, sociologist Dr Sebastian Sattler talks about the prevalence of neuroenhancement.
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ERC Consolidator Grant: 4 million euros to Bielefeld sociologists
Professor Dr. Minh Nguyen and Professor Dr. Carsten Sauer have both received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). They are studying, respectively, financial risks in Asia and wage differentials in Europe.
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Bielefeld doctoral student competes in FameLab world final
Fingers crossed for Julian Neugebauer on Friday. He is competing in the world final of FameLab, the championship in explaining scientific questions in an understandable way.
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How narratives influence behaviour
In the latest research_tv episode: study on dealing with strategic narratives.
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How people without parents succeed in life
Heisenberg Professor Dr Daniela Schiek focuses on how parentless people shape their lives.
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‘Our approach can serve to bring more objectivity to debates’
Research Centre investigates how practices of comparing shape power structures and influence historical developments.
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‘We are still a provocation for the school system’
For 50 years, the Laborschule and the Oberstufen-Kolleg have been a continuous source of new ideas in the school landscape.
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Christopher Voll sees beauty in numbers
For the professor, mathematics is an form of art. He leads, with colleagues, no fewer than three subprojects in the Collaborative Research Centre on Integral Structures.
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Plant chemicals shape animal social lives
Bielefeld researchers reveal food-independent plant-insect interactions. Publication in the ‘Journal of Animal Ecology’.
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Young people 2024: Worried, but pragmatic and optimistic
Young people remain optimistic: results of the new Shell Youth Study published. Bielefeld University has been in charge of the study since 2002.
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Philosophical Engagement with Biology and Medicine
In an interview, philosopher of science Alkistis Elliott-Graves describes the special features and challenges of the ZiF workshop “Philosophical engagement on biology and medicine”.
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Return of the Elephants Seals: From a Few to Thousands
A new international study led by Bielefeld University has revealed the genetic impact of hunting on northern elephant seals.
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50 years of Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg
The experimental schools invite to an anniversary week in September. They research and develop learning structures and content together with their respective research units at the university.
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Borders – European and African perspectives
The university’s ZiF offers two scholarships for researchers from Africa every year: the Norbert Elias Scholarships are sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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New development: flexible but ultra-strong films
Until now, two-dimensional materials were considered brittle. An international research team, including physicists from Bielefeld, has now developed extremely thin structures that could be used for foldable computers, for example.
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Covid-19: migrants globally at higher risk
Study led by Bielefeld University shows 84 per cent higher risk of infection among migrants compared to the general population based on data from over 53 million people.
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Substitutes for the cooling miracle
How shall we cool things down in the future? Physicist Jürgen Schnack seeks materials to reach super-low temperatures.
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Using atomic analyses to recycle plastics efficiently
In the InCamS@BI transfer project, physicists are using high-resolution microscopes to look into the atomic lattice of plastics. Their findings should contribute to boosting circular economy.
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DataNinja presents innovations for trustworthy AI
The Research Training Group takes stock after three years of research, during which the team of doctoral students and established scientists worked on trustworthy AI systems and their embedding.
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“We want to know the limits of the algorithm”
Dr Petra Bevandić and Dr Robin Chan are teaching computer vision systems to deal with something unknown.
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Entanglements of illegality, legality and violence
At the ZiF, researchers discuss the links between illegality and violence in the drug trade in the Americas.
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